Exemplified below is a writing exercise completed in week 2’s Practical. I enjoyed the exercise as it allowed me to employ notions introduced to me from Ingelstrom’s readings into my own writings. Ingelstrom discusses the nature and relationship screen play writers’ have of their work. Arguing both the screenplay as a tool of research, which grants the films developmental process. Or, the screen play as a text type that is an ‘enabling document’ that is ‘necessary for the production of the film’ (Prince 2010). This viewpoint argues that the objective of a screenplay is to be read as a film, therefore making a script catalyst to the film’s creation and/or existence. This is achieved through the way a screenplay grants a vision, created by combination of extra-fictional and impersonal fiction.

Thus, below is an example of how a screen writer may change an idea from a piece of tradition literacy to a screen play. Whilst doing this exercise I attempted to use Master Scene Technique. A template of screenwriting advocated by Mckee that uses mini paragraphs, as it ‘leads the readers inner eye through a pattern of action to reaction’.

1. Kate feels annoyed with her aunt who never listens to her. She wants her to know how hopelessly old fashion she is, and how superior Kate feels.
   A pair of pink converse floats above a checkered faded green rug, rubbing the rubber-toed area of their shoes together. Scraping the off dirt from either shoe, the shoes then move in a manner similar to Dorothy’s ‘there’s no way like home’.Kate, late 20’s, too darkly lined eyes roll. Biting her lip and cocking her chin in a way that mimics interest, she cracks her neck.

   Lifting a hand up towards her mouth to cover a yawn. Kate picks the gaps in between her teeth we see her retrieve remnants of old food. Moulding it on her fingers, she positions it with her French tipped manicured before flicking it.

   Following the flick, the piece of food lands on the knee of woman’s cream white pant suit. Her hands are gesturing as if she’s talking and she too has white French manicured nails.

   Kate’s eyes widen, before they fall to the floor in unison with a smirk.

2. Conny’s on his way to his leaving party at work. He has mixed feelings about it – the work is boring but he likes his colleagues. He’s not sure if he’s made the right decision. 

   The screen is black accompanied by the sound of a car travelling.Open to a left hand side view a suburban main road. Lit only just by remnants of the sun.

   Passing rows of similar looking terrace houses all have their rubbish bins placed out the front waiting for collection tomorrow morning. Every third or forth bin has an inconsistency from the last, some being over filled, tipped over or not present.

   A buzzing suddenly cuts through the silence.

   Conny, 35, blue eyes looks over our line of vision. The vibrating sound continues before we see him blink back into awareness.

   Reaching inside his blue cordoy pockets he pulls out a Samsung phones and opens a message sent to a group chat titled Ryan smells like farts.

   Opening the message a photo appears of an old 50-something year old man, passed out next to an office table that has cakes and drinks ontop of it. Both of which still remain in their packaging. The old man wears a party hat on top of his head. His belly stuck and legs stick out.

   Accompanying the photo is a message saying ‘Joe couldn’t wait for you to arrive to your own good bye party, so decided to proceed to tell everyone about his kids college debts before becoming intoxicated on his self imposed boredom’.

   Conny smiles and locks the phone. Raising the phone up to his face to cover his grin as he looks out the window.